Comments on: How to Eat Cattail http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm Intelligent Know-How for the Concerned Citizen Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:57 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-36816 Tactical Intelligence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:19:38 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-36816 Thanks for the visit Melissa! Thanks for the visit Melissa!

]]> By: The Survival Skills Everyone Should Know | Lifehacker Australia http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-36669 The Survival Skills Everyone Should Know | Lifehacker Australia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:12:58 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-36669 [...] Cattail: This is one of best options out there. The base stalk is like celery, the root and tuber can make [...] [...] Cattail: This is one of best options out there. The base stalk is like celery, the root and tuber can make [...]

]]> By: Be a Grown Up Boy Scout: The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know | Got2.Me http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-36655 Be a Grown Up Boy Scout: The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know | Got2.Me Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:14:28 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-36655 [...] Cattail: This is one of best options out there. The base stalk is like celery, the root and tuber can make flour, and the pollen is very healthy. [...] [...] Cattail: This is one of best options out there. The base stalk is like celery, the root and tuber can make flour, and the pollen is very healthy. [...]

]]> By: Melissa http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-36644 Melissa Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:32:05 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-36644 Awesome article! I have read about using cattails for food and other purposes many times and, living in the country, I have good access to lots of them so I was excited to see here that you have such great info about their preparation. One caution that I read- cattails are an emmenagogue so pregnant women (which I am sadly) should steer clear of them. Thanks for sharing! I'm enjoying exploring the rest of your site! Awesome article! I have read about using cattails for food and other purposes many times and, living in the country, I have good access to lots of them so I was excited to see here that you have such great info about their preparation. One caution that I read- cattails are an emmenagogue so pregnant women (which I am sadly) should steer clear of them. Thanks for sharing! I’m enjoying exploring the rest of your site!

]]> By: Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-34291 Tactical Intelligence Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-34291 Hi Janet, I too have looked given that I love the taste and don't always have the time to make some. Unfortunately, I haven't found any yet. Hi Janet,

I too have looked given that I love the taste and don’t always have the time to make some. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any yet.

]]> By: Janet Lund http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-34146 Janet Lund Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:11:12 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-34146 I've been reading a lot about the benefits of cattail and that it makes a good flour. I'm looking for good flours for a gluten free diet. This interests me a lot, but I have limited time for harvesting and processing them myself. Is there ANYWHERE that I can purchase the already processed cattail flour? I appreciate any information on where I could purchase it. I’ve been reading a lot about the benefits of cattail and that it makes a good flour. I’m looking for good flours for a gluten free diet. This interests me a lot, but I have limited time for harvesting and processing them myself. Is there ANYWHERE that I can purchase the already processed cattail flour? I appreciate any information on where I could purchase it.

]]> By: Cattail | Notable Plants http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-22219 Cattail | Notable Plants Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:26:10 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-22219 [...] Flour can be harvested from parts of the plant (if the survivor is very determined to make bread), the whole plant can be used as a thatching or matting for structures, and the flowerhead can also be set aflame and used as a torch (it acts like a wick, but would need oil or something flammable as fuel). [...] [...] Flour can be harvested from parts of the plant (if the survivor is very determined to make bread), the whole plant can be used as a thatching or matting for structures, and the flowerhead can also be set aflame and used as a torch (it acts like a wick, but would need oil or something flammable as fuel). [...]

]]> By: 50 Essential Wild Edible, Tea, and Medicinal Plants You Need to Know | Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7621 50 Essential Wild Edible, Tea, and Medicinal Plants You Need to Know | Tactical Intelligence Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:16:59 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-7621 [...] Cattail (Typha L.) – Food [...] [...] Cattail (Typha L.) – Food [...]

]]> By: Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1814 Tactical Intelligence Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:15:10 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-1814 Stephen, Some good comments and observations there. As an interesting note, a study was conducted at the Cattail Research Center of Syracuse University’s Department of Plant Sciences by Leland Marsh. He reported that he could harvest 140 tons of rhizomes per acre near Wolcott, NY. That equates to more than 10 times the average yield per acre of potatoes! Clearly this is an underutilized crop. Stephen,

Some good comments and observations there. As an interesting note, a study was conducted at the Cattail Research Center of Syracuse University’s Department of Plant Sciences by Leland Marsh. He reported that he could harvest 140 tons of rhizomes per acre near Wolcott, NY. That equates to more than 10 times the average yield per acre of potatoes! Clearly this is an underutilized crop.

]]> By: Stephen Klaber http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-cattail.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1810 Stephen Klaber Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:24:22 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=590#comment-1810 The enormous quantity of this weed growing wild in the world makes this Strategic intelligence more than tactical. Every famine relief organization needs to be pounded with this information as does the Lake Chad Basin commission. Harvesting it could stamp out famine. There really is that much. Uncontrolled, the trouble it creates is unbelievable. This is the breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that carry malaria and yellow fever, the Quelea birds that ravage African crops, and the snails that carry bilharzia. It is also the source of the silt that is destroying Lake Chad and many other lakes. The loss of "lake effect" rains is a major part of climate degradation, and should be readily reversible. Cattail sloughs that should be lakes are a major part of our dustbowl problem. Thanks for helping point out their use. The enormous quantity of this weed growing wild in the world makes this Strategic intelligence more than tactical. Every famine relief organization needs to be pounded with this information as does the Lake Chad Basin commission. Harvesting it could stamp out famine. There really is that much. Uncontrolled, the trouble it creates is unbelievable. This is the breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that carry malaria and yellow fever, the Quelea birds that ravage African crops, and the snails that carry bilharzia. It is also the source of the silt that is destroying Lake Chad and many other lakes. The loss of “lake effect” rains is a major part of climate degradation, and should be readily reversible. Cattail sloughs that should be lakes are a major part of our dustbowl problem. Thanks for helping point out their use.

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